The Gantt Report – Prosecutors and law enforcement officers oftentimes think like Casper, the so-called friendly ghost! In the world of ghosts, everything is white! Ghost Hunters are white and Ghostbusters are white or act white. Have you ever seen or heard of a Black ghost? Have you come in contact with a Hispanic ghost […]
Commentary
The Central Florida Puppet Project – The Gantt Report
By Lucius Gantt – Everybody reading this column has a family member, a friend, a classmate, a coworker or a neighbor that always seems to be complaining, protesting, speaking out or standing up about insensitivity, injustice or inequality. Instead of those people being honored, appreciated or praised, people we know that fight for our rights, […]
Trayvon Martin Murder – The Return to Slavery Days – by Lucius Gantt
The Gantt Report – Five hundred years after Slavery Days in the United States we find that there are still more than a few people that think they can do anything they want to African American men, women and children and get away with it. Have you forgotten how our great grandparents and other ancestors […]
Justice Demanded in the Death of Trayvon Martin @NatUrbanLeague @ncbcp @greencampuses
By Marc H. Morial – Being a young black man has been called the hardest job in America. Young black men are much more likely than white men to be jobless, in jail and labelled “suspicious,” sometimes with deadly consequences. Such was the case on February 26th, when 17-year-old high school student, Trayvon Martin, was […]
Micro-Targeting the Heartland – Analyzing Ohio’s Voters and Making Final Four Predictions
by Kirk Clay – I have to admit, I love it when the March Madness season comes around. There is something about completing bracket sheets for both the Women’s and Men’s NCAA Basketball Tournaments and developing a strategy for my favorite teams to go all the way. The best part is identifying all of the […]
National Coalition on Black Civic Participation Commends Justice Dept for Blocking TX Voter ID Law
Melanie L. Campbell, president and CEO of The National Coalition on Black Civic Participation and convener of Black Women’s Roundtable, issued the following statement about the Department of Justice’s rejection of the new voter ID law in Texas: “We support the US Department of Justice’s decision to oppose the law passed in Texas last year […]
We Need Cooperation, Not Polarization – by Kirk Clay
As Super Tuesday becomes the focal point of this election season and speculation continues over whether the GOP will have a clear front runner by next Wednesday, my attention turns toward Georgia. Not because of the obvious reasons, but because of what the proverbial “Promised Land” represents for Voters of Color (VOC). Although 2010 census […]
Don’t Believe The Mortgage Settlement Hype – By Lucius Gantt
The Gantt Report – The so-called government inspired mortgage settlement is a cruel joke on American homeowners and bank depositors. Bankers, money changers, predatory lenders and financial criminals are jumping for joy after the United States government unveiled a plan that would allow each and every one of the crooks that conspired to steal trillions […]
State of Black America Town Hall – March 7th – by Marc Morial
(To Be Equal #8) – Mark your calendars. Wednesday, March 7th is the date for one of the most important pre-election events of the year – the release of the National Urban League’s 2012 State of Black America Report. We are urging everyone who can to join us at 7 pm EST on March 7th […]